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GMF is pleased to announce that Claudia Major, leading German political scientist and expert on transatlantic security, will join the organization in March as senior vice president overseeing transatlantic security initiatives and as a member of the executive team. Learn more:

CRITICALLY IMPORTANT UPDATE All Uyghurs have been left alone in their cells with all signs pointing to imminent deportation. Shame on Thaksin Shinawatra and Ing Shin. Everyone needs to ACT NOW - call your national Foreign Ministry, Thai Embassy, UNHCR office...

**STATEMENT ON REPORTS OF THE IMMINENT DEPORTATION OF UYGHUR FROM THAILAND TO CHINA**

My last tweet: Elon Musk did a Hitler salute. The kind of of people who are denying that even though they saw it with their own eyes are the same kind of people who would readily insist that 2 plus 2 equals 5 if some party told them to, and it's scary how many of them there are.

1/In the US, Elon Musk says he champions free speech. In China, his car company, Tesla, is silencing criticism - with the backing of the state. Tesla China sued car owners, outlets and bloggers pointing out safety issues - and has won almost every case. apnews.com/article/tesla-…

Trump/Vance transformative agenda for Europe seems to take shape: * Help to replace centrist governments in Germany, France (and ultimately also UK) with far-right allies. * Neutralize European Union as a regulatory power able to challenge US interests.

Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our The New York Times reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers:

For those who have not yet made the connection, the Digital Services Act, GDPR and other EU legislation is about to come under massive attack. Pay attention when this happens, and don't let gold standard legislation to protect citizens from corporate interests get destroyed.

Some advice acquired over two decades of watching the Chinese Communist Party: if someone's actions seemingly make no sense (example: conceding key points before negotiations start), perhaps that's because your assumptions about what they are trying to achieve are wrong.

Ein kleiner Kommentar zu dem Thukydides-Zitat („The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must“, 5,89), das gerade wieder Konjunktur bekommt. 🧵

Looks like I'll get to spend the next few months fighting with two camps: those who refuse to acknowledge what is happening in the US and those who see it for what it is but also think China will save us.

Über Europa ist (aussenpolitisch) der Himmel eingestürzt, aber Deutschland debattiert erstmal weiter über Abschiebungen, Steuern, jetzt immerhin Energiepreise. Erstaunliche, erschütternde Weltlosigkeit. #Quadrell

🇨🇳 Zur Frage, wie unabhängig nichtstaatliche Konzerne in #China sind: Die Chefs der wichtigsten privaten chinesischen Unternehmen (#BYD, #Huawei, #CATL, #DeepSeek, #Xiaomi, #Tencent, #Alibaba etc) zu Gast bei Generalsekretär #XiJinping. Quelle: Chin. Staatsfernsehen

Correct. Someone should tell Secretary of State Rubio about this!

I was asked today how one can measure the success of an influence campaign. I gave the standard academic caveated response, acknowledging the difficulty of empirically measuring two abstract concepts without knowing the threat actor’s objectives etc. But then I saw this. A US

"U.S. policy toward foreign interference is now being shaped by an entirely fabricated narrative. The infrastructure to combat foreign meddling took years to build, but its destruction has taken mere weeks," writes @NoUpside and @QJurecic.

“You don’t look grateful.”

He needs ammo, not hugs. 🇺🇦🚀

Nach dem Eklat im Oval Office hat Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz bei Friedrich Merz angerufen. Die Lage erfordert Schulterschluss. #Ukraine sueddeutsche.de/politik/ukrain…

Big thanks to Meta for making me aware of Sarah Wynn-Williams' Careless People. Without the attempt to muzzle her, I might have never learned about this remarkable book and all these disturbing details around cozying up to China. True eye opener, and I'm only halfway through⬇️